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Large Serapis Wall Plate - Tree with Birds. Ernst Wahliss, Vienna circa 1911. - Large Serapis wall plate - tree with birds. Ernst Wahliss, Vienna circa 1911. Ceramic, so-called ”Serapis-Fayence”. Light shard with white craquelure glaze, polychrome and gold painted. Craquelure. Gold rim. On the underside, the manufacturer's stamp in green: SERAPIS-FAYENCE WAHLISS. In gold, form number for.537 and decor number II 9603 as well as 16. Impressed 537, 2 and F8. Metal wall mount. Parts of a paper sticker Porcelain Ernst Walh(iss) Vienna (K)ÄRNTNERSTRASSE. H. 4.5 cm, D. 39 cm. - Literature: Compare Neuwirth, W.: Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramics - Collection of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Munich, 1974, pp. 335, 486. -- Compare R.-R.: ”Wiener Serapis-Fayence” in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, 1911, Vol. XXIX, pp. 176-182. - Condition: Chip on the foot ring and missing part on the rim.